A non-profit volunteer community-based action group, whose
mission
is to bring passenger rail service back to New Mexico
What's At Stake?
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Your Space
- At least 30% of downtown Albuquerque is devoted
to roads and parking.
- New roads and suburban sprawl are eating up open
space, farm land, and long-established
neighborhoods.
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Your Money
- The cost of personal transportation is more than
20% of most families' budgets.
- The recent reconstruction of the Big I,
though well executed, cost over $200,000,000 and
will not solve our traffic problems for very long.
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Your Air
- Personal vehicle miles travelled are currently
increasing 3 times as fast as our population.
- A proposed power plant in the South Valley would
increase by 6 times the industry-derived air
pollution over Albuquerque. By law, that increase
would have to be met by a decrease in other pollution
sources, such as motor vehicles.
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Your Community
- New Mexico's cities can no longer afford to provide
roads and utilities to new communities
and fully maintain
exiting neighborhoods.
- Albuquerque's bus system is skimpy and incomplete.
Many people can't or won't ride it.
- Getting to work, school, or entertainment is
becoming more expensive, time-consuming, stressful,
and dangerous.